On The Road Again

We are on the road again on our way to Johnson, Vermont and everything is going very well so far. We are always very thankful to be able to say that! I will have more information about our travel days when I give the weekend report on Monday.

Before we left the Lazy OD Ranch there was a lot to get done in the house, to the trailer, to the BoggsMobile and in the barn. If Irma cooperates we will be swinging through Ohio to pick up the tent trailer and I needed everything to be in its proper place in the correct vehicle. It took some figuring out but I think it all came together.

I also had some maintenance to do on the trailer and the bus and work to do in the house but, with much help from Kelly Jo, Steve and Lisa we were able to sew it all up and leave on time.

Also Steve's son Isaac came out one evening and helped us lift the cabinet in the utility room. It was the last cabinet to be set and it is heavy. All of the strong and willing help made the task a piece of cake.

The right side of this cabinet has a Rev-A-Shelf. It is an upper cabinet pull-down shelving system that is great for making upper cabinets handicap accessible. Odie will have them in most of her upper cabinets. They are really cool!

My sister Theresa and her son Luke stopped by and helped clean one day too. We sure appreciate all the help.

As we were cleaning the house and getting it in shape to leave, Kelly Jo remembered that two of the floor vents had been accidentally covered with concrete and needed to be opened. It was not a huge job with Steve's help and the right tools. We checked that one off the list.

The next two pictures show the kitchen with the finish color on the walls. It is called Icicle and it really looks great! Once the lights are on in the house, I should be able to capture better pictures of the color.

This is the roll under vanity in Odie's bathroom.

Early Wednesday morning I opened the barn door and started preparing to leave.

This was the view of the house as we prepared to roll.

With the ranch in the rear view mirror, we were on the road again!

On the road again

Going places that I've never been

Seeing things that I may never see again

I can't wait to get on the road again

Thank you very much for dropping in today. Cell phone signal is extremely week here this morning and we are headed into more remote country in northern Vermont. It is possible that we will not have enough signal to post anything this weekend. If you do not hear from us, you will know why.

Davy

An Encouraging Update From Nigeria

Pastor Michael Johnson from Goshen, Indiana and Pastor James Ganze from Independence, Iowa are with Bro. Shobanke in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria this week for his annual campmeeting. Bro. Shobanke is thrilled to have them.

Bro. Johnson has been to Africa multiple times for ministry but this is his first trip to Nigeria. This is the first time for Bro. Ganze too. They have a few days in country behind them and one day of campmeeting completed as well. I am anxious to hear how the meeting is going.

I have heard from Bro. Johnson and Bro. Shobanke about their trip to the school and the site of the church reconstruction. I posted on August 30th the good news about being able to send Bro. Shobanke a small part of the money required to rebuild the church. You will find links in that post to the story about the church having to be taken down.

It is with great joy that I show you a few pictures of the church going back up!

Bro. Shobanke also had someone email me a few pictures from the new church going up. Notice the huge rocks in the background of some of the pictures. We love that feature of Abeokuta!

May God bless the folks that helped us to send an offering for the church. Thank you so much.

Bro. Shobanke also took Bro. Ganze and Bro. Johnson to the church on Osara Rd that we helped to build and the Kelly Jo and I dedicated to the LORD. I was thrilled to see it again.

I have one more picture to show you. This is Bro. Ganze, Bro. Johnson with Bro. Shobanke and much of his family in front of his home. I love to see all their faces. I love these people.

Oh, these pictures make me want to be in Nigeria so bad! May God bless Bro. Johnson, Bro. Ganze and all my family in Nigeria this week!

We are praying for all the people affected by the current hurricane headed to Florida and Harvey in Texas. May God help them all.

Thanks for reading.

Davy

No Friend of Mine

We are planning to leave later this morning for a large looping tour of the USA to sing and preach the Gospel to as many people as we can. We are glad to hit the road and we are looking forward to seeing many of you in the next few months.

We go from home to Johnson, Vermont to minister to a group of folks we have never met. We are excited to go new places and see new faces and we are extremely thankful that God continues to open new avenues of ministry. While we are in beautiful Vermont we will also get to see Pastor David DiZazzo and many of the folks we have met from tent revivals there in previous years. It is going to be a great week.

Our plan is to leave Vermont and go to Mississippi to begin tent revival for our dear friends in Richton, Mississippi. We will swing through Ohio to pick up the tent trailer and hopefully arrive in Richton one week from Thursday.

The next revival after tent revival is Homecoming revival for Apostle Donald C. Williamson and the wonderful folks at Tanner Williams near Mobile, Alabama. We are excited about seeing them again too.

There is one great big obstacle that might stand in the way of our trip south. Her name is Irma and Irma is no friend of mine! It is too early to tell which direction she will go but Pastor Scott Morris and I are watching closely and we hope to make a decision by early next week what we need to do. We do not want to put our family or the BoggsMobile in the path of a strong storm and we certainly do not want the tent in the air.

Here are three possible routes from Tuesday morning's forecast.

This was the best guesstimate last night on Irma's course over the next several days.

The best thing for all concerned is for Irma to dissipate, turn out to sea and die a quick and painless death. We are praying about that and you are welcome to join us in those prayers.

After Alabama the loop goes on for thousands of miles and brings us back to the  Lazy OD Ranch near Christmas. We hope the first few stops are not impacted by the weather, but the good thing is, our house has wheels. We can move if we need too.

The house being built for Odie is secured for our absence and some work will continue right on while we are gone. Kelly Jo's Dad is making progress on the interior paint and it is beautiful. Kelly and Odie's choice for the wall color is very good. It reaches out and grabs you and looks different depending on the amount of light. I do not know if I can capture it well in a picture or not.

Thank you for reading today. You get extra points if you caught the cultural reference from the late 1940's.

Please ask God to help us and the bus as we travel the next few days. We need to pass some miles under the wheels!

Davy